Niilo Alhovaara: Hangouts is not shut down yet either but its fate is, apparently, already sealed. Wonder what will replace YouTube Live HOA - if anything? - when the time comes.

Andrew Hatchett: +Niilo AlhovaaraIt will be interesting to see exactly what path they choose. Of one thing I'm pretty sure... no matter what it is called, Google will always have a way to provided recordable multiple participant, video calls to the consumer side.